Non-invasive transmission of sensorimotor information in humans using an EEG/focused ultrasound brain-to-brain interface.

ABSTRACT: We present non-invasive means that detect unilateral hand motor brain activity from one individual and subsequently stimulate the somatosensory area of another individual, thus, enabling the remote hemispheric link between each brain hemisphere in humans. Healthy participants were paired as a sender and a receiver. A sender performed a motor imagery task of either right or left hand, and associated changes in the electroencephalogram (EEG) mu rhythm (8-10 Hz) originating from either hemisphere were programmed to move a computer cursor to a target that appeared in either left or right of the computer screen. When the cursor reaches its target, the outcome was transmitted to another computer over the internet, and actuated the focused ultrasound (FUS) devices that selectively and non-invasiv

SUBMITTER: Lee W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5466306 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature